**Exhibit 31.1**

**CertificationPursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)of the Securities Exchange Actof 1934**

I, Douglas W.McMinn, Chief Executive Officer of the registrant, certify that:

1)              I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K ofKaiser Group Holdings, Inc.;

2)              Based on my knowledge, this report does not containany untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

3)              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4)              The registrant’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrantand we have:

a)                                      Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure to be designed under our supervision toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)                                     [Paragraph omitted pursuant to SECRelease Nos. 33-8618 and 34-52492];

c)                                      Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

d)                                     Disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5)              The registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

a)                                      All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)                                     Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| March 30, 2007 |   | /s/ DOUGLAS W.  MCMINN                |
|----------------|--------|---------------------------------------|
|           |   | Douglas W. McMinn,                    |
|           |   | President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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